Chapter 4074 4076【Library】
Xiang Nan walked and walked all the way to the eighth floor, which contained Professor Flitwick's office, Principal Dumbledore's office, and also led to the Gryffindor common room.
Of course, the famous Room of Requirement is also on this floor.
"Severus, what are you doing here?" At this time, Lily Evans's voice rang.
Xiang Nan turned around and saw Lily and other Gryffindor freshmen together.
"I'm drawing a map of the school to avoid getting lost when I go to school." Xiang Nan showed the map he drew to Lily.
Other freshmen also came over and couldn't help but admire Xiang Nan when they saw that Xiang Nan had clearly marked every floor, every staircase, every door, and every portrait.
“You are so attentive.” Lily also smiled.
"After I finish the painting, I will give you a copy." Xiang Nan smiled and said, "By the way, how are you studying the history of magic?"
"As you said, I almost fell asleep." Lily yawned. "It turns out that Professor Binns, who teaches the history of magic, is actually a ghost. God, I really didn't expect it."
"I heard that it was very interesting in teaching and was very popular with the students, so it couldn't let go of these students after it died." Xiang Nan explained, "Unexpectedly, it changed after becoming a ghost. There is nothing we can do about it, after all, they It’s not a person, it’s just the mark that a person leaves on the world.”
Lily nodded, "How was your Potions class?"
"Very good. Professor Slughorn, who teaches Potions class, is very charming and very good at guiding and inspiring students." Xiang Nan nodded and smiled, "You are so smart, you will definitely be favored by him."
"That's good." Lily breathed a sigh of relief, "What class do you have this afternoon?"
“Charms class, take it with Slytherin House.” Xiang Nan explained.
"With your ability, you can't make mistakes." Lily smiled, "You will definitely be praised by the professor."
"I hope so." Xiang Nan nodded, "By the way, have you sent a letter home?"
"Thank you for reminding me, I almost forgot." Lily woke up immediately.
It was already evening when she arrived at Hogwarts yesterday. After attending the sorting ceremony and the welcome dinner, she was tired and sleepy when she returned to the dormitory, so she went to bed directly.
I woke up early and was busy with the history of magic class. I have only now recovered from my worries. I really forgot to send a letter home.
“Then go, the owl wigwam is in the west tower.” Xiang Nan pointed.
After being reminded like this, several other freshmen also remembered that they had not reported home, and they hurriedly ran to the west tower.
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After everyone left, Xiang Nan came to a tapestry of a giant monster beating Barnabas stupidly. Then he concentrated on it and said silently in his mind, "I want to find a place to hide something."
He then walked back and forth twice. At this moment, he suddenly heard a cat meowing, and then someone asked sharply, "What are you doing sneakily here?"
Xiang Nan was startled. He quickly stopped and looked around, only to see an old man with a sullen face, a hunchback, and an unkempt appearance. He was holding a cat in his arms and staring at him fiercely.
Squibs are not too rare in the wizarding world. Squibs appear in many wizarding families. Squibs are usually sent to live in the Muggle world. For example, there is a Squib in the Weasley family who lives in the Muggle world and works as an accountant.
The descendants of Squibs may also be wizards, such as Lily Evans and Hermione Granger. Her ancestor may have been a Squib, and after several generations, her generation's bloodline awakened and entered the wizarding world again. But Filch couldn't survive in the Muggle world, so Albus Dumbledore took mercy and arranged for him to work as a janitor at Hogwarts.
But because he was a squib, Filch was jealous of children with magical talents, so he tried his best to find their faults in order to punish them.
Even repeatedly begged Dumbledore to restore the corporal punishment of the 1950s and 1960s, allowing him to hang errant students in shackles in the basement for whipping.
All in all, this is a poor man with a twisted and perverted mentality.
“Hello Mr. Filch, I am drawing a map of the school to avoid getting lost during class.” Xiang Nan explained and handed the map he drew to Filch.
Filch took the map and took a look at it. He found nothing suspicious, and finally decided to let Xiang Nan go. "Okay, don't wander around in the corridor if you have nothing to do." After that, he took his cat and left.
However, Xiang Nan noticed that although he seemed to have left, he actually left his cat behind the corner.
Xiang Nan knew that Filch’s cat was named Mrs. Lorris, and there was a wonderful connection between it and Filch. Whenever Mrs. Lorris noticed a foul play by a student, she would immediately scream, and Filch would soon be there.
So the students all hated it and wanted to kick it.
Xiang Nan saw that Mrs. Lorris was watching him, and it was difficult to enter the Room of Requirement for a while, so he had to leave temporarily.
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Leaving the eighth floor, Xiang Nan came to the library on the fifth floor. This is the essence of Hogwarts and even the entire British magical world. It contains thousands of magic books. Many books have a history even longer than the history of Hogwarts. Still long.
When Xiang Nan entered the library, he was no less excited than a drunkard entering a wine cellar or a gourmet entering the kitchen. He then moved a stack of books on the bookshelf and read them fascinatedly.
Among them are "Guide to Medieval Witchcraft", "Selected Spells of the Eighteenth Century", "Major Discoveries of Modern Magic", "Research on the Development of Modern Witchcraft", "Forgotten Ancient Magic and Spells", etc., many of which are popular. Books that are not even in the Lins family collection.
Xiang Nan didn't have lunch and waited until ten minutes to one in the afternoon before he hurried to the Charms classroom on the fourth floor downstairs.
At this time, the classroom was full of people.
“Severus, we didn’t see you in the cafeteria at noon. Where have you been?” Benjamin asked with concern.
“I’m reading in the library.” Xiang Nan explained.
“Reading? You didn’t even eat lunch?” Joey said in surprise.
“Reading is more important.” Xiang Nan said with a smile.
“No wonder you are so powerful.” Gregory said with admiration.
“Just a nerd.” At this time, Best Mulcerb of Slytherin House whispered, and his partner Samuel Parkinson nodded in agreement.
"Say it again?" Xiang Nan glared.
He can be nice to James Potter and Sirius Black, but he does not allow Slytherin students to laugh at him.
Because James and Sirius are small, but not great. They stand on the front line against Voldemort. They can be called warriors, and they will even be brothers in the trenches with him in the future.
But most of Slytherin's students will be Death Eaters in the future, and they will stand against him. He would not be polite to such people.